well today i bought one of those ebay hinge repair kits for our upper hinges. It seems fairly iffy but i decided to anyways,,,worst comes to worst i buy the tds kit and i am out 30 dollars......ill let you all know how these things work out and take some pics too if i can get ahold of my sisters digi cam.

I am going to be doing the bottom one too. Any tips/advice? what about the spring? any way to compress it without buying the tool from TDS? if i have to i will buy it but id rather not if i can cobble up something to get it in and out